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June 14, 2007

Condo of the Day: 226 Richardson Street

luxephoto1.jpgEven though it's still listed for $900,000 on The Developers Group website, the last remaining unit at 226 Richardson Street in Williamsburg was just posted on Craigslist at $875,000. The 1,924-square-foot duplex unit sounds reasonable on a per square foot basis for that price, but it's hard to tell whether it's a nice loft or a cave because the only photos in the listing are clearly from a unit on a higher floor. Nonetheless, as we mentioned when we first wrote about this development (which has been marketed as Luxe226), we think this is a good example of a new building that is both modern and fits in nicely with its surroundings (and we're not usually huge Gene Kaufman fans). So who's seen this place and why is it not moving at this price? As you can see from the sales date from PropertyShark on the jump, the two penthouses, which are 1,878 square feet and 1,698 square feet, both sold in the second half of last year for $1.12 million.
Enormous 1924 SF LOFT [Craigslist]
226 Richardson Street, 1B [TDG] GMAP P*Shark
Development Watch: W'burg Double-Shot [Brownstoner]
Photo by lisacat

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...and here's the deleted Craigslist listing:
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Posted by Brownstoner at 12:36 PM | Comments (16)
Categories: Condos, Williamsburg

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Interesting that the Craigslist posting was deleted within 10 minutes of it being linked on Brownstoner. Any connection? Or am I too suspicious?

Posted by: Peter at June 14, 2007 12:51 PM

Are people LIVING in this building? I go by every day and it never looks populated.

Posted by: Q.R. at June 14, 2007 12:58 PM

its ugly

Posted by: fred at June 14, 2007 1:06 PM

i jog by this a lot; it's ok. it's still a lot of money to be that far from the L (and at graham no less) but someone will buy it.

Posted by: anon at June 14, 2007 1:18 PM

Who spend nearly a million bucks to live in this neighborhood. What a joke.

Posted by: bob at June 14, 2007 1:29 PM

the neighborhood's good, but it's not the kind of area we equate with million dollar condos.

Posted by: anon at June 14, 2007 2:19 PM

duh! and you can see inside of all the apartments. Why does nobody who lives here have drapes?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 14, 2007 3:05 PM

Worst brokers by far!!Just incompetent and lazy.

Posted by: PT at June 14, 2007 3:51 PM

Lets see. I have 900k to spend - Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene or East Williamsburg. Tough choice really. What are people thinking?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 14, 2007 4:42 PM

226 Richardson St
Brooklyn, NY 11222

This building is in Greenpoint hence the 11222 zip code.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 14, 2007 4:57 PM

In my opinion I don't think Billiburg is that charming enough to spend that much in an area...I would choose Stuyvesant Heights and Clinton Hill for that money...
Hey but if you love posers and frame row house I guess that the place to be

Posted by: Sarah at June 14, 2007 11:00 PM

Maybe people who buy in billburg dont want to deal with all the yuppie scum? I don't care how nice the buildings look it is the people who make up a hood.

Lets see. I have 900k to spend - Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene or East Williamsburg. Tough choice really. What are people thinking?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 15, 2007 11:04 AM


don't want to deal with yuppie scum, yet have 900k to spend?

Would that be yuppie scum offspring?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 15, 2007 11:18 AM

Maybe people who buy in billburg dont want to deal with all the yuppie scum? I don't care how nice the buildings look it is the people who make up a hood.

You're hilarious - who would be the yuppie the scum on this block then? Are you 18 years old and wear punk t-shirts? I live 2 blocks from this building and dorks like you are almost as bad as the "yuppie scum" not quite as bad but both are oblivious.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 15, 2007 12:02 PM

i don't live in this area - but it's terrific - I looked at it when i was moving. $900 here will buy you an amazing and huge space. in the slope, cobble hill, etc.. - there are no properties there like this for the price! silly to compare.

and, this neighborhood doesn't have the hassles associated with stuyvesant hts. or clinton hill.

old italian neighborhoods, are frankly, easier if you are white. i spent 2 years in hell in prospect heights a few years back. not fun.

Posted by: condo dweller at June 15, 2007 2:42 PM

It is a good neighborhood in the day, but at night it's very quiet with no one around and pretty far from the subway. In fact I was violently attacked and mugged at 11 pm on this exact block last summer.

Posted by: Crime Victim at June 18, 2007 12:39 AM

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